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rheological

rheological

1 9.9
The way materials flow and change shape when you push or heat them
  • adjective
  • /ˌriːəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
  • Specialized
: reológico
  • The present study was conducted using Farinograph-E as a major tool to measure the rheological properties of Mozzarella cheese.
  • rheological properties
  • rheological fluids
  • magneto-rheological

Examples

  • Piezoelectric crystals and magneto-rheological fluid have been around for years.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Determination of the rheological properties of dough and dough-like food materials from the Farinograph is easy, while the study of cheese characteristics is very difficult and complicated.

    Academic text (2014)
  • From a rheological point of view, GFA can be related to viscosity.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Foods are often physically complex fluids and soft solids, with rheological and material properties that are time- and process-dependent, and which have a natural variation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Under normal conditions, magneto-rheological fluids are free-flowing with a viscosity akin to motor oil.

    Academic text (2002)
  • With the emergence of self-consolidating concrete in the last 20 years, Ferraris initiated and led a research program at NIST on the application of rheological principles.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Although the thermodynamic and rheological properties are often treated separately, they are in fact connected, as exemplified by the Adams-Gibbs relationship, ? = AexpB/TSC(T).

    Academic text (2012)
  • Lord's magneto-rheological fluids are suspensions of micron-sized iron particles in a carrier fluid, which is often some kind of oil.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Sixty years ago, Meyer et al. discovered that the rheological properties of synovial fluid are based on interactions between hyaluronan molecules (Balazs & Denlinger, 1993).

    Academic text (2002)
  • Researchers analyze the rheological properties of different materials to understand their flow behaviors under stress.

Synonyms

rheologic
vsrheological
  • Specialized
9.9

Relating to how a material flows or changes shape

has identical meaning but is a variant spelling or form

Surface Forms

rheological positive

Morphology

rheological = rheology (transparent) = rheology + ical

Regular adjective formation from the noun 'rheology' using '-ical'; the meaning 'relating to rheology' is directly predictable, although both terms are technical.

Etymology

The word rheological comes from the Greek root rheo- meaning 'to flow' and the ending -logy meaning 'study'. So, rheological is about how materials 'flow' or change shape when you push or heat them.